They Buy More During Work Hours!

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🕰️ The Slack-Time Selling Framework

Most DTC brands obsess over platform timing: “When’s the best time to post?” “When’s CPM lowest?” But that’s the wrong question. The right one is:

When is your buyer most mentally open to buying something for themselves even if they’re still on the clock?

Welcome to Slack-Time Commerce, the micro-moments inside the workday where attention fractures, discipline dips, and impulse wins.

The Contrarian Truth

The workday isn’t when your buyer stops shopping, it’s when they’re most susceptible to certain types of purchases. Not big ones. Not delayed-gratification ones.

But scrollable, snackable, solve-my-mood-right-now purchases. And you’re probably missing them entirely.

Introducing: The Slack-Time Window Model

Use this map to match energy curves with the emotional tone of your product.

Apollo.io lets you segment these windows by role, timezone, and even work location signals, so your 2:30pm drop hits exactly when the buyer is dragging. Signup for Apollo now and use it free forever!

3 Campaign Moves to Win Slack-Time

1. Energy-Based Drops

Launch based on internal rhythms, not just external campaigns.

• “2:30 Reset Drops” for work-from-home burnout
• “You Crushed Monday” kits
• “Post-Meeting Decompression Packs”

2. Creative That Feels Like Permission

Language that taps into subtle rebellion or reward:

• “Productivity isn’t linear. This helps.”
• “Your boss doesn’t need to know.”
• “Buy now, deliver dopamine instantly.”

3. Performance-Based Audience Filtering

Use Apollo to ID:

• Remote-first team members (via tool stack + industry)
• Burnout-prone job types (e.g., sales, CX, ops)
• Pacific Time buyers who hit your site between 1–4pm

Final Takeaway

Everyone’s chasing intent signals from Meta, Google, and Klaviyo. But the strongest intent isn’t a click it’s a mood.

When you layer Apollo’s enrichment on top of buyer psychology, you’re no longer just timing campaigns, you’re building a calendar of emotional momentum.

Slack-Time isn’t a media plan. It’s a playbook for how your product earns its spot inside the workday. And the brands that own it early will outsell everyone stuck optimizing for CPM.

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📲 Meta, Google & TikTok Drop Fresh AI Creative Tools

AI is powering a new wave of creative upgrades across video and ad platforms. Meta, Google, and TikTok are all pushing out tools that give creators more control, or in some cases, hand it entirely to the AI. 

The Breakdown:

1. Meta adds beat-sync, filters & style-copy tools - Meta’s Edits app now supports beat markers for syncing clips to audio rhythm. It also lets users copy styles and audio from other videos via the expanded Inspiration tab. New filters and animations are live, with AI background and scene-editing tools still on the roadmap. 

2. Google PMax now edits your ad images by default - Google Ads now auto-enhances images in PMax campaigns, adjusting layout and style for performance. It can also pull visuals from your website, even if you didn’t explicitly approve it. Dynamic Images are now default-on.

3. TikTok turns photos into animated AI videos - TikTok’s new “AI Alive” feature brings still images to life using animation, movement, and effects. It lives inside the Stories camera and creates clips from a single photo.

4. Meta and TikTok go head-to-head on AI video editing - TikTok’s photo animation tool mirrors a similar feature Meta previewed for Edits. Both platforms are racing to offer full-scene transformations with minimal effort.

These tools give marketers, creators, and brands faster ways to build polished content at scale. But with more AI in control, manual review and strategic use still make or break the output.

🚀Quick Hits

🧠 What if you could predict campaign impact before spending a dime? Neurons AI uses consumer neuroscience to analyze attention, engagement, and memory before launch. Brands like Google and Coca-Cola have seen a 73% boost in CTR and a 20% lift in brand awareness. Book a free demo and see how your ads stack up.

🧵 YouTube will exclusively stream the 2025 NFL season opener live and free from São Paulo, marking its first global NFL broadcast. With 350M+ NFL watch hours logged last year, YouTube’s creator-led, interactive coverage aims to rival traditional TV.

🛍️Marketers can now include or exclude specific device types in PMax campaigns, ending years of complaints about Google’s “black box” automation and enabling tailored, device-specific ad strategies.

🖇️ Google Cloud has launched a non-technical “Generative AI Leader” certification focused on its tools, free training now live, $99 exam optional. Ideal for professionals in Google-centric roles seeking official credentials.

🔈54% of Gen Z prefer shopping without human interaction. From BOPIS to chatbots, younger consumers prioritize speed and solitude over service. 70% now use smartphones for purchases, changing how retail must respond. 

🗞️ Amazon’s AI-powered pause ads dynamically match scenes with real-time offers, driving 36% more orders. Viewers can send deals to their phone instantly, blending entertainment and commerce through contextual, shoppable moments.

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